This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.
Photo is courtesy of Orna Adoram
Copyright: Orna Adoram 2008
This works is taking part in the Yellow Holocaust Star Exhibit at Yigal Alon House, Safed, which started on 30-4-2008. Curator: Reli Wasser.
Size: 70x100
Acrlylic on canvas mixed media
Orna Adoram wrote:
The yellow, the shame, the insult, the hate and the wickedness sprout betweenashes and blood.
Usually the yellow badge is presented in the foreground and demands the whole attention of the viewer, but here the image of the yellow badge on the poster hides behind the boy and the foreground is dedicated to the multi-cultures of Jerusalem.
IMHO the message is that life goes on.
Photo is courtesy of Zeev Dekel
Copyright: Zeev Dekel 2008
This works is taking part in the Yellow Holocaust Star Exhibit at Yigal Alon House, Safed, which started on 30-4-2008. Curator: Reli Wasser.
Size: 50 by 70 C"M
Technique: original KODAK Ektachrome transparency scanned & processed digitally
Printed digitally on paper coated with mat lamination
Zeev Dekel was born in Jerusalem, 1935.
Member of the Israeli Artist association
Member of the Negev artists house Beer Sheba
Had quite a number of solo and group exhibitions
Photo is courtesy of Razi Livnat who photographed his aunt reading a book about the Holocaust.
Copyright: Razi Livnat 2008
This works is taking part in the Yellow Holocaust Star Exhibit at Yigal Alon House, Safed, which started on 30-4-2008. Curator: Reli Wasser.
Size: 40*60
Technique: Photograph printed on Canvas
Razi Livnat is a lawyer, a businessman, and a law lecturer in Bar-Ilan University (retired). He is multi talented and an amateur photographer, who takes his hobby seriously. He Started to use black & white film 30 years ago, moved to slides and now he uses a Digital camera.
Based on the Israeli police logo, which is based on the Star of David. The Hebrew word means traffic.
